01 June 2015

Flashback: State Visit to Germany, 1965

As we get ready for this year's state visit to Germany for The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, we're flashing back to a few previous German/British state visits. We've covered the 1958 German visit to the U.K.; today, we have the accompanying return visit. The Queen and Duke traveled to the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) in May of 1965, the first time a British head of state had done so since before the two world wars.

We're stepping deep into a far more adventurous period of millinery for Her Majesty here, by the way. And if you love a bit of ridiculous retro headgear (and who doesn't love that?!), I have just a few glorious examples for you: